OPPORTUNITIES FOR MUSEUM RESEARCH IN ANTHROPOLOGY: Are They Really Dead or Were They Only Sleeping?

Authors

Arthur H. Wolf, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Date of this Version

1975

Document Type

Article

Comments

Published in THE NEBRASKA ANTHROPOLOGIST, Volume 2 (1975). Published by the Anthropology Student Group, Department of Anthropology, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska 68588

Abstract

The decline of anthropological research in museums has been in part attributed to the changing goals of anthropology and the increase in the numbers of university anthropology departments. In recent years many suggestions for increasing museum research potentials have been put forward by Anthropologists interested in its resurgence. An increasing cooperation between museums and university departments is seen as a necessary condition for this resurgence and could lead to more programs which include and train museum anthropologists.